Passport Labs Inc., a parking-app developer, reported it has received $90 million in growth capital from Sixth Street Growth.Mastercard Inc. announced a line of prepaid cards that allows users to contribute to wildlife preservation. The program allocates $1 for each card purchased to Conservation International.Banking-software provider Temenos says money-transfer firm Wise joined the …
Read More »A Standalone Kitchen Display Pushes Square Deeper into Restaurant Management Software
The Covid-19 pandemic forced many restaurants to change the way they do business by providing online and mobile ordering, and even setting up pickup and delivery-only kitchens to meet consumers’ changing ordering preferences. With that need in mind, Square Inc. on Thursday announced its kitchen-display system, Square KDS, will now …
Read More »Eye on Acquirers: Paysafe Launches a Virtual Visa for Skrill, And Nuvei Advances in Sports Betting
Paysafe Group Holdings Ltd. said Thursday it is launching in the U.S. market a digital version of its Visa-branded Skrill prepaid card. A Web version is available now, while an app that works with Paysafe’s Skrill wallet coming later this year. As with physical version of the card, the virtual …
Read More »Certegy Debuts White-Label BNPL Option and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/20/21
Certegy Payment Solutions LLC added a white-label version of its buy now, pay later service that enables merchants to add their own branded BNPL option.Buy now, pay later specialist Quadpay Inc. said its inaugural “Quadpay Fest” sale, which offered deals to users over a four-day period, saw 40% of purchases on average made …
Read More »Eye on E-Commerce: Digital River’s Single Integration; BitPay Signs Jomashop for Crypto
With consumers flocking to online stores and marketplaces, processors and technology providers are carving out new paths to make it easier to sign up sellers and process their transactions. The latest development comes from commerce platform Digital River, which on Wednesday launched a program that allows independent software vendors and …
Read More »Western Union Ready at Walmart Stores and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/19/21
The Western Union Co. said its money transfer services are now available at almost 4,700 U.S. Walmart Inc. stores. The two companies announced the addition of Western Union in January.Grocery chain Food Lion said it is accepting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s electronic benefit transfer card in the 10 states where the chain has …
Read More »Appetize Payments Served up and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/18/21
Appetize Technologies Inc., a provider of point-of-sale technology for the hospitality and entertainment industries, launched Appetize Payments, which combines payment processing with the company’s cloud-based software.Ally Lending, the personal-lending unit of Ally Bank, a subsidiary of Ally Financial Inc., said buy now, pay later provider Sezzle Inc. will offer Ally’s longer-term …
Read More »Afterpay Adds Another Retailer and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/17/21
The Container Store Group Inc. next month will start offering installment payments from buy now, pay later specialist Afterpay Ltd.With the accelerating conversion of cash to electronic payments, the total value of transactions processed by point-of-sale terminals will grow to more than $17.3 trillion globally in 2026, up from $14.8 trillion this year, …
Read More »PayPal Makes Greater Use of Google Cloud and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 5/14/21
With its active user count having jumped 24% to 392 million during the pandemic, PayPal Holdings Inc. said it is moving more of its infrastructure and workloads to Google Cloud.CareTime, a software platform for home caregivers, introduced a capability to accept credit cards and e-checks within the platform.Wirex Ltd., whose platform allows consumers …
Read More »Square Introduces New Developer Tools for Square Online And Online Selling
At its fifth annual partner and developer conference, Square Inc. on Thursday announced three new tools for software developers: Snippets API for Square Online, Loyalty API, and the Web Payments software development kit (SDK). The new tools arrive as e-commerce volume has exploded in the past year and as larger …
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